2. PDHPE
• PDHPE plays a large role in the
way that students develop
knowledge, understandings and
practical skills that lead to a
healthy lifestyle.
• Healthy Lifestyles allow
individuals the greatest chance
of achieving and maintaining
mental, physical, social and
spiritual wellbeing, which leads
to:
Positive relationships
Improved quality of life
Less Illness
3. Wh y i s P D H P E
I mp o r t a n t ?
Develops physical,
social, cognitive and
emotional growth and
development patterns
Encourages development
and maintenance of
interpersonal
relationships
Promotes positive
decision making in
personal health choices
4. Emphasises the
importance of living
and learning in a safe
environment
Promotes importance
of an active lifestyle
Develops fundamental
movement patterns
and coordinated
actions of the body
Encourages movements
that positively affect
health
